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Maine loves lobsters — and it depends on them more than ever
Maine fishermen have come off a record season — both for the lobster and for fisheries as a whole. The Maine Department of Marine Resources on …
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LePage’s plan for methadone clinics angers health experts, survivors
AUGUSTA | Doctors and mental health professionals said a proposal by Gov. Paul LePage to stop state payments for methadone treatment for opiate addicts …
Vehicles fall off car-carrier trailer, block I-295
1 hour agoPORTLAND | The northbound lanes of Interstate 295 are shut down because of an …
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STATE & CAPITOL
Daily Brief: Bills to restrict cellphone use while driving due for votes today
3 hours agoGood morning from the State House, where the busiest room in Augusta this week was probably the …
Rockland students get school on Saturdays to make up for snow days
The Rockland-area school board voted unanimously Thursday night to hold classes on …
Cuts in subsidies troubles Washburn-area school officials
6 mins agoThe area school district received some troubling news last week, and officials …
- Woman facing drug charges after probation check reveals marijuana, heroin
- Mainers don’t “hurry,” they “book it”: travel site helps translate Maineglish
- ‘Liquid biopsies’ could revolutionize cancer detection
- South Portland water main break hampers traffic
- Weather-battered consumers skip mall, order in, go south
- Lumber Liquidators faces class-action lawsuit over ‘toxic’ flooring
Opinion
EDITORIALS
We should be angry about homelessness, not who paid for shelter stays
The sound bite was meant to shock and outrage: People with money are staying at a Portland shelter for years at a time, the Department …
Sports
VIDEO
International cast re-establishes UMaine women’s basketball team as title contender
ORONO | The resurgent University of Maine women’s basketball team hopes to make a run at its first America East championship since 2004 in …
Health
Maine man files $5 million class action suit over Anthem data breach
PORTLAND | A Brunswick man on Thursday filed a $5 million class action suit against Anthem Health Plans of Maine, charging that the company …
Business
Business Insider sinks Maine’s economic rating to next-to-last in US
PORTLAND | Did you feel something Wednesday? Like the condition of Maine’s economy worsening? Well, the business news website and aggregator Business Insider did, …
Living
JULIA BAYLY
Fighting winter boredom and teaching my chickens to lay rare round eggs
FORT KENT | It wasn’t the goose that laid the golden egg, but a buff orpington hen in England recently laid a perfectly round …
Outdoors
Outdoors
Group preserves Baker Mountain, surrounding land in $2.4 million purchase
The Appalachian Mountain Club recently purchased 4,311 acres on and around Baker Mountain in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness region, permanently protecting the land with assistance from …
Food
MAINE-LY LOBSTER
Ten Brilliant Books About Maine Lobster Fishing
Today is World Book Day. It has made me reflect on my love of reading and my pride in achieving one of my lifelong …
Events
CULTURE SHOCK
5 Things To Do This Weekend, March 6-8: Spring ahead, fall out of hibernation
1. I’m not going to lie. Last weekend, I spent the vast majority of the time in my pajamas, curled up on the couch, savoring …
